Optical metasurfaces for energy conversion

E Cortés, FJ Wendisch, L Sortino, A Mancini… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Nanostructured surfaces with designed optical functionalities, such as metasurfaces, allow
efficient harvesting of light at the nanoscale, enhancing light–matter interactions for a wide …

Revisiting the preparation progress of nano‐structured Si anodes toward industrial application from the perspective of cost and scalability

H Li, H Li, Y Lai, Z Yang, Q Yang, Y Liu… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The urgent demand for lithium ion batteries with high energy density is driving the increasing
research interest in Si, which possesses an ultrahigh theoretical capacity. Though various …

Photoelectrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia on ordered silicon nanowire array photocathodes

HE Kim, J Kim, EC Ra, H Zhang, YJ Jang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
As a new path to “green” ammonia production, photoelectrochemical nitrate reduction
reaction (PEC NO3RR) is investigated for the first time. An Au‐decorated ordered silicon …

Etching methods for texturing industrial multi-crystalline silicon wafers: A comprehensive review

KP Sreejith, AK Sharma, PK Basu… - Solar Energy Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Surface texturing for suppressing the reflection losses is the first and foremost step in the
solar cell fabrication process. Over the years, multi-crystalline silicon (mc-Si) wafer solar …

Catalyst-free synthesis of sub-5 nm silicon nanowire arrays with massive lattice contraction and wide bandgap

S Gao, S Hong, S Park, HY Jung, W Liang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The need for miniaturized and high-performance devices has attracted enormous attention
to the development of quantum silicon nanowires. However, the preparation of abundant …

Large‐Area Nanosphere Self‐Assembly Monolayers for Periodic Surface Nanostructures with Ultrasensitive and Spatially Uniform SERS Sensing

C Song, B Ye, J Xu, J Chen, W Shi, C Yu, C An, J Zhu… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal lithography provides a rapid and low‐cost approach to construct 2D periodic
surface nanostructures. However, an impressive demonstration to prepare large‐area …

[HTML][HTML] Playing with sizes and shapes of colloidal particles via dry etching methods

V Lotito, T Zambelli - Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Monolayers of self-assembled quasi-spherical colloidal particles are essential building
blocks in the field of materials science and engineering. More typically, they are used as a …

CVD graphene on textured silicon: an emerging technologically versatile heterostructure for energy and detection applications

A Khan, RR Kumar, J Cong, M Imran… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Integration of chemical vapor deposited (CVD) graphene with textured‐Si substrates is an
emerging research area wide open. Graphene can serve as both a transparent top electrode …

Materials and Fabrication Strategies for Biocompatible and Biodegradable Conductive Polymer Composites toward Bio‐Integrated Electronic Systems

WB Han, SM Yang, K Rajaram… - Advanced Sustainable …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biocompatible and biodegradable polymer composite systems equipped with
electrical/mechanical functions have been researched as a tool that can be applicable for …

Ultra-broadband nanowire metamaterial absorber

B Wang, C Ma, P Yu, AO Govorov, H Xu… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Broadband absorbers generally consist of plasmonic cavities coupled to metallic resonators
separated by a dielectric film, and they are vertically stacking configurations. In this work, we …